2013 July J0_Pre-test worksheet for p-b

initial position
pace [pes]
vase [ves or vaz]
base [bes]

Pablo in Spanish http://www.forvo.com/word/pablo/ Male and Female
and in English
Paul in English and in French

medial position, inter-vocalic
apiary for bees [epiəri]
aviary for birds [eviəri]
Abie short for Abraham [ebi]

complex consonant cluster
Compare Papa to spa ("health" pool)
sprout (the first part of a plant that sees light)
Srebrenica (nativized and in Bonsian) http://www.howjsay.com/ British site


Final position
hop
hobnob (associate with people, pejorative?)
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/hobnob

lop (cut) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lop
lob (throw) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lob
love http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_score

More word initial
Paris, Perris, prattle (talk excessively), pie
barrister (lawyer), battle, bye-bye
various, vittle (food), vie (try)


dry demo
æ
http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm has vowels in Brit and Am

Last revised by grosslearning, MK Gross

7 Jan 2011
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